Saturday, March 28, 2015

Warning: Picture Heavy!!
Ooooo, aaaaaah! Wax porn!! LOL!
What's that? You're reminding me that I'm trying to melt through my wax for our impeding move, NOT buy more? I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of MY WAX, BUAHAHAHAHAA!
This wasn't planned in the least. I'd woken up last Saturday morning and was doing my normal Internet rounds - Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and various other websites that pertain to my current interests. I refreshed Facebook for whatever reason and noticed that Carol had posted that 'the website is now open for ordering' JUST NOW. Without thinking about it I rushed over to the website and put whatever I saw that I liked in my cart (I was admittedly faster and more panicked than I should have been, turns out I had plenty of time!). After I had everything I wanted, I woke Michael up and asked him to give me a limit on how much, if any, I could spend. Then I sifted through whatever was in my cart and narrowed it down to what you will see shortly. Thank you, Lubbie, for letting me get this!

Ah, the frustrations of bad weather. Maybe it's because I'm on my period having a bad week, but I've just not been in the blogging mood. Not in an... anything mood, really. I'm at a plateau with working out, regardless of my switching up my routine and increasing the number of workouts per week. I haven't been melting anything, and even my nails have been blah. Today I made myself sit through and participate in an entire P90X Yoga session, and suddenly I'm all emotional and stupid music videos are making me tear up. Seriously, what is wrong with me?

Anyways, Iced Mauve is... well, a frosty (or icy!) mauve color. This is an older Revlon that I inherited from my great grandmother when she passed, two years ago. For that reason alone I'm unwilling to ever part with this polish. Even a crappy Lancome basecoat stays in my collection for that reason.

In other news, I don't know what I did but the pictures of this manicure turned out much nicer than any other pictures I've taken to date. Let's hope this isn't a one time thing...

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Seriously. I don't know why I keep losing my stuff. I'm normally much more organized and I can tell you where every single thing I own is. I blame Michael. Yeeeeeeah.

Anyways, I found it (under the desk, guess it fell over) and promptly slapped it on my fingernails. Ooooo, aaah!

Take It Offline is a gold shimmery polish. These pictures show two coats, and if you look closely it's not completely opaque. That's fine by me. Mainly because I almost never both with a third coat of anything I put on. I'm lazy like that.

I don't want to wear this anymore since it's a mini! I can't use it up! That would be bad! I don't buy things to use them up, I buy them to look at them and adore how cute it would potentially look on me!

Nah, I'm working through that line of thinking. I'm much better about using stuff up now. The only thing I can think of that I let myself not wear for that exact line of reasoning is an old perfume that I've had for 8 years now. Elizabeth Arden's Provocative Interlude. I got it as a Christmas Present and it became my favorite perfume. When I looked to buy more of it, I found out they'd discontinued it! Noooo!

Monday, March 23, 2015

Aah, now here's a beauty I haven't worn in a while. I've had this polish for around 10 years, give or take (more on the give side). I loved it and wore it so much all that's left is half a bottle! I recently rediscovered it and after a bit of polish thinner it was good as new!
Firecracker is a red jelly base with tiny red and silver bar glitters. I'm pretty sure when I first got this the silver glitter wasn't there. Maybe. I could be wrong. I remember layering this over itself so many times you could only see a glitter bomb on my fingernails.
Pictured is only one coat and I can't say anything about the original formula because this is mostly thinner now. The actual polish got very very goopy. Mostly because the cap no longer forms a seal with the bottle.
This weather is killing me! It had been so sunny and of course now that I'm doing more nail posts than wax the clouds had to roll in. I just can't win!

Sunday, March 22, 2015

Oh, there's that blingy bit that I know I crave! After a day in the nude (heheheheheheee *gigglesnort*) I decided I wanted to add something sparkly and blingy to the mix! Unfortunately it decided to rain today... so I'm stuck with indoor pictures. Eh. You take what you can get, right?

I tried so hard to capture this on the nail, but it's not showing up as well as it is in the bottle in this picture. So let me help you. This is actually a flakie. Very tiny flakies, but they are flakies as opposed to simply being glitter. The flakies change from pink to purple/orange depending on the angle and lighting.
This is actually one of my favorite polishes because it's a present from my little brother. He was 11 or 12 at the time and I had already moved off to college, but he said he bought it because he thought of me and he wanted to get me an early Christmas present. Will's always been sweet like that. He also has never thought about money when it comes to presents. It continues to shock me to this day. Some of my most expensive polishes are from him, and he's never once thought twice about it. This past Christmas Michael had made a comment on switching from Diablo 3 on the console (I can't remember which one) to PC, and Will remembered that and without thinking twice, coughed up the $60+ for Michael to be completely set up with the game. He might be 15 now, but his allowance isn't any more than $6.50/week (1/2 your age, minus at least $1/week to be put into savings). That's my little brother for ya.

Saturday, March 21, 2015

What is wrong with me? I'm wearing a sheer nude polish by itself! Where's the bling? Where's the color? Am I going crazy?

For whatever reason I decided to wear this polish. Maybe it's because it's one of the only two Essies I own. Maybe it's because I just wanted something plain after wearing so many blingy and otherwise strong colors. Maybe I was lazy. I don't know. Why am I getting so into the reasoning behind me wearing a freaking polish? LOL

In any case, I very much enjoyed this. Initially I was going to do a french tip and then use this to soften the edges. As it appears my own VNL served as a nice french tip barring some dirt under the fingernails but I'm not going to get too torn up about that.

Pictured is two coats and the formula was fine, if a slight bit streaky. I'm so used to applying polish, though, that I barely noticed it. Four and a half years ago I would have gotten frustrated at the streakiness and stopped using the polish, but over time I've developed enough application skills that I'm not fazed by that kind of stuff. Who knew that with use comes experience?!

Friday, March 20, 2015

Scent Description: I just got a straight up Peach scent. I'm not very familiar with margaritas, though, so it could've been there and I wouldn't recognize it.Weight Melted: 1.8 oz. I thought I told myself I was going to chop up my Beezy Tarts before melting them...Cold Sniff: 3/5 There was something almost sour behind the peach. I wasn't sure what it was, but it did not agree with my nose.Warm Sniff: 4/5 That sour note went away and I actually found myself enjoying this scent quite a lot. When I was younger I hated peaches, and while I still don't care to eat them they at least smell nice now. Scent Strength: 2/3Scent Throw: 4/5 This wasn't quite able to reach the bedroom.Melting Power: 4/5 I got about 12 hours from this tartRepurchase: Yes. No. Maybe? By all means with the performance I should say yes, but I still don't like peach scents enough to pick it up on its own... I don't know, I still have my teen viewpoint on whether I'll like something or not. I'm weird, I know. Stop judging me! I guess what I'm saying is I wouldn't make an entire order just for this scent, but if I wanted something else to round out an order I was already placing I wouldn't mind picking this up.

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Scent Description: When I sniff this, I definitely pick up on something minty. Besides that, I get a typical Christmas Tree type scent. I can't really describe this besides Christmasy!Weight Melted: 1.3 oz. Cold Sniff: 3/5 That minty scent really took over anything else that I could smell in this.Warm Sniff: 4/5 The tree took over here, and the mint fell back to create a lovely Christmas melody for my nose.Scent Strength: 2/3Scent Throw: 3/5 Most of the kitchen and living room enjoyed this. I couldn't smell it in the bedroom whenever I was in there.Melting Power: 3/5 I got about 8 hours of scent before it died off.Repurchase: No. I loved the scent, but it didn't reach as far as I would have liked.
I've been in such a Christmasy mood since January. Whenever I come across a Holiday themed tart I have to melt it. I think it's because my holiday season didn't start until the 20th of December. Before that even though at work the Christmas station was on, I never felt ready for the holidays. It was probably because I was completely alone in Lubbock. Michael wasn't there, I wasn't seeing my family, I didn't really have friends... I didn't even start feeling like it was December until it was already almost over. I went grocery shopping the other day and I had to keep myself away from the turkeys, otherwise I would have bought one and made it just because I wanted to bring back Christmas/Thanksgiving! Michael wouldn't have been happy with me. It's hard for him to lose weight and keep it off, and he's always borderline overweight by Army standards. Turkey would not have helped this.

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Ohhh my goodness, this is a beauty! I know most people are sick of this multichrome flakie (a la Essie Shine of the Times, Sallie Hansen Hidden Treasure, Color Club Snow-Flakes, etc.) but I don't think I will ever ever get sick of this, especially when layered over a dark base.

These pictures are more blurry than my typical already blurry pictures, but I find that it captured the multi colored awesomeness better.
One thing that's always been an issue with flakies is their application. Applying them like regular polish doesn't work - you have to pat it on and then smooth it out. For some people it's a pain... I'm just excited to get my multicolor madness on my nails!
Do you own any flakies? Are they as multi-colored as this beauty?

Saturday, March 14, 2015

Oooh, look at this beauty! I haven't worn a dark and vampy color in a while. What better time than spring? LOL
In the pictures the layers look streaky. I promise in person it's nice and even. As for the weird textures/imprints on the nails... I did this right before attempting to go to bed, so there's that.

Pictured is two coats and I didn't experience any issues with the formula.
I'm considering layering a flakie over this. Maybe something Finger Paints. I'll get back to you on this!
Have you been wearing polish lately? Do you stick to seasonal 'norms' when wearing it?

Friday, March 13, 2015

Scent Description: According to the website: Sweet Sticky Marshmallow blended with Creamy Pumpkin. I get a hint of cinnamon here. Besides that, this is an almost sickeningly-sweet and marshmallowy pumpkin. Somehow I associated this with Thanksgiving, even though I'm pretty sure this is a Halloween type scent. Maybe it was that cinnamon I picked up on.Weight Melted: 1.9 oz.Cold Sniff: 4/5Warm Sniff: 4/5Scent Strength: 2/3 Whenever I smell cinnamon I can't ever put the scent as a background scent.Scent Throw: 6/5 Wow, I think this is my first >5 tart I've melted. I was worried when I weighed this out and noticed it was almost twice the amount of wax I normally melt, but I felt too lazy to chop it up before melting some. Michael could smell this at the bottom of the steps that led to our apartment level, if that makes sense. Basically this tart extended very, very far.Melting Power: 5/5 I got roughly 30 hours of strong scent from this before I decided to call it quits. It was just too darn sweet at that point!Repurchase: Yes! I very much enjoyed this scent and how it performed. Next time I'd make sure to chop this up before melting, though :)

Thursday, March 12, 2015

Scent Description: A typical mix of apples, bananas, oranges, and lemons. At least that's what I pick up on here. Mainly an apple-lemon scent with just a hint of everything else.Weight Melted: 1.8 oz. Cold Sniff: 3/5 I'm not a big fruit fanWarm Sniff: 3/5Scent Strength: 1/3Scent Throw: 4/5 I was very surprised with this. It filled every room of the apartment except the bedroom.Melting Power: 2/5 Even with how far the scent spread, it lasted about 5 hours before I turned off the warmer for the day.Repurchase: No. I didn't care for the scent enough.

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

I don't really have a rating system for candles and I don't burn candles enough to set up a rating system, so I'm going to just talk about this candle.
I got these mini candles in a fall/halloween gift type set along with one other pumpkin themed mini candle. If these hadn't come in the set, I wouldn't have thought to pick up any of the mini candles. They're too small, don't last long, and compared to the 3-wicks, they're very very expensive for the amount of wax you get. For six months I'd let these candles go untouched.
Having hosted two LAN parties now, I'm not quite in love with these candles but I enjoy their performance for my needs.They are small, easy to manage, smell nice, and scent up the bathroom and only the bathroom. At one point over the weekend we had 13 people in the apartment and I was very glad I something keeping the restroom smelling nice.
I wouldn't repurchase these unless they were insanely cheap or came in another set, but they have been very nice to have while I had them.

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Scent Description: From their website: creamy orange pound cake layered with gooey marshmallow, so yummy good even Thumper approves! Weight Melted: 1.1 oz.Cold Sniff: 3/5 I got a pleasant sweet and slightly orange scent.Warm Sniff: 3/5 There was definitely orange here, but I couldn't really make out any of the other scents besides a generic 'sweet' background to this.Scent Strength: 1/3Scent Throw: 1/5 I could not smell this! It stressed me out because I was trying to clean before setting off to spend a day with my mom and I knew Michael was coming over with a bunch of friends to have another LAN party. I wanted the apartment to smell good, dangit!Melting Power: 0/5 After 30 minutes I ended up adding in another of CCC's tarts to this without taking any pictures or making note of what it was. Yuzu? It was something that was definitely a clean type scent.Repurchase: No. Whatever that other tart was that I added would be a yes, but I have no clue what it was LOL. That's what I get for getting up at 4 AM (when Michael got up to leave for PT) to clean and set up the apartment for the first day of a three-day LAN party.

Monday, March 9, 2015

Scent Description: A very sweet blend of waffle cones and cotton candy. The waffle cones really tones down the ultra sweet factor of the cotton candy.Weight Melted: 1.6 oz.Cold Sniff: 3/5 I got a hint of something chocolatey as well as a generic 'wax' scent when smelling this cold.Warm Sniff: 4/5 Fortunately, the chocolate went away and I was left with the sweet concoction that is this tart.Scent Strength: 1/3Scent Throw: 5/5Melting Power: 4/5 I got about 16 hours of good scent from this before it died off.Repurchase: Yes! I'm a fan of this scent blend and it performed really well, too! Julie sent a huge chunk of this and I was able to chop it in half quite easily. Such soft wax! I have just requested to join their Facebook page, so I'll have to see how their TAT and ordering process goes on a more in depth scale once (if?) I'm accepted. In any case, if all of their products perform like this I have very high hopes for this new vendor!

Friday, March 6, 2015

Scent Description: Boo Berry and Frankenberry Blend. Well thank you, 'master list' of the Facebook page. When I went to search the individual blends in here nothing popped up. ARRGH! Let my nose do the sniffing and describing then. I sniff this and think of blueberry muffins here with a mix of some other berries. The muffin part of this is very very minimal, but it's there if you concentrate on it.

Weight Melted: 1.0 oz

Cold Sniff: 4/5 I really liked this, as some of the other berries here seemed to tone down the blueberry. I'm not typically a fan of blueberry.

Warm Sniff: 4/5 Same thing. If anything, the muffin part became a little more noticeable, but it was still very much a background aspect of this scent.

Scent Strength: 1/3

Scent Throw: 5/5 I was in the bedroom playing video games all day while this melted (yup. Ah, the life of not having a job LOL) and I could smell it here. When I walked around the house either for a restroom break or to grab some food, I still smelled it.

Melting Power: 4/5 This lasted about 12 hours before the scent completely disappeared. It was rather sudden, too. One minute I was smelling the pleasant berry mashup, the next I had nothing.

Repurchase: Probably not, just because I don't feel that this was a complex enough scent for me to spend RG kind of money and time on. Time in the sense that I'll have to wait a very long time to get it at my doorstep.

I don't know how the next opening in April is going to go. I'm keeping a periodic eye on the Facebook page for when Jenny posts something about how she hopes the opening will go and her expected TAT. I know in her 2015 business plan she stated that she was going to hire more help, so maybe this is going to be a good sign for her TAT.

Thursday, March 5, 2015

I liked the look of these tarts, even though they fell apart en route to my doorstep. This was something I'd bought through one of Jamie's cleaning inventory auctions, amongst many many other things.Scent Description: This is a dupe of VS Love Spell. If you aren't familiar with that scent, it's a very fruity scent. I sniff this and get lemon-orange-lime madness. If you want something very heavy on the citric acid, this is for you!Weight Melted: 1.7 ozCold Sniff: 2/5 Eh, this was too lemony for me.Warm Sniff: 2/5 Same thing when melted.Scent Strength: 2/3Scent Throw: 3.5/5 This surprised me, considering who this tart came from. I actually didn't take pictures initially, thinking I would just replace this after 10 minutes anyway. Surprise for me! I had to grab the rest of the tarts and form them into this picture here.Melting Power: 3/5 This lasted for about 7 hours before the scent had died off. Good thing, too! I was getting sick of the scent LOLRepurchase: Nope, even if this was one of Jamie's better performing tarts. I'm not a fan of Love Spell if it's not blended. I'm even going to toss the rest of the bag. I have no reason to keep it.

Warning: Alcohol contents very high in this post. Think at least 35%, 70 proof. If that's not your cup of tea, I apologize, we will resume my usually-smart decision making shortly.
Here's a picture of our camping setup from the Florida Keys. On the left you can see the wind barrier we'd put up the morning of our second day here. We had checked from two sources on the weather for the day and the wind was projected to be over 18 m/h for the rest of our stay here. So we spent three hours setting up the wind barrier, only for the wind to completely die off. Thank you, universe. The first night Michael and his friend, the guy who owns the Jeep we drove down here in, got really drunk. It was entertaining laying down in our tent and hearing them talk about making the four mile walk downtown to go bar hopping. While already drunk. Michael eventually said "I'm too drunk to do any sort of walking" and proceeded to talk his friend out of taking the trek by himself. They both turned in, and I got to enjoy Michael's drunken "whoa, I married a beauty!" speech he always has whenever he's drunk. It's quite endearing, especially since he doesn't usually like to let go for fear of getting violent. I don't know how many times I have to tell him that he just turns into a bigger, more loving teddy bear, if that's even possible.

Yummy breakfast Michael made our first morning.

In any case, I didn't drink. Over the past two months I've had several opportunities to drink. The last big one was while we had our LAN party. I ended up not partaking because I was the only female there, and while I wasn't worried about them doing anything, it just wasn't fun drinking unless I had somebody to drink with. Lo and behold, one of the guys' wives showed up and we had a lovely evening of playing Mario Kart on her 2DSseseseseses she'd brought over. I never got a chance to drink that night, but it was wonderful without the alcohol.
Last Thursday for whatever reason I decided to drink while cleaning. I've done this before, but never with liquor. I know myself and I'm a very habitual drinker in the sense that I always have something with me that I'm drinking. On a light day I'll have a glass of water and a mug of coffee at the computer with me. On normal days you'll have those items plus chocolate milk or some fruit juice or, rarely, a soda. I habitually reach for stuff and just drink. So when I'm doing something that takes most of my attention I know that if I'm going to have alcohol, I need something with a lower alcohol content. Think Mike's hard or Smirnoff Ice. Occasionally a Bud Lite straw-ber-ita or whatever they call it. From experience I know that I can't have harder alcohols unless I'm specifically aiming my attention at drinking, like at a party. I'm more aware of my body and its limits, and still make sure I drink enough water and have enough food in me to prevent any disaster.
For whatever reason last Thursday (maybe it was the fever I'm pretty sure I had brewing, further evidence that I am not an adult and need others to look after me) I thought it would be a good idea to drink straight up liquor. Follow me along my road of bad decisions. We had a handle of strawberry liquor in the freezer that had been there since the LAN party. It was something I saw and wanted to try. I got out a typical party cup (you know, the red plastic cups) and PUT ICE IN IT. I filled the cup with ice because I wanted my ice cold liquor to stay cold. Already I've made a mistake because when I filled my cup, I had no idea how much I was actually drinking!

Our view. Oooo, pretty!

Over the course of two hours I refilled this cup three times. By the time I realized what I'd done, it was too late. As you can imagine, the rest of my night was very, very unpleasant.
The next day was spent laying in a chair in the living room with tons of non seasoned food and several movies. The only thing left from my bad decisions the day before had been a very sensitive stomach.
If it had been up to me, I wouldn't have let Michael know about that night. As it is, we kind of live together so it was very hard for him not to notice that I was spending my evening drowning myself in the shower. He got a laugh out of it and tried to have me eat some bread, but I was too far gone at that point.
I don't like others knowing when I've fucked up big time, and that's exactly what I did this night. The last time I messed up this bad was back when I first got into alcohol and didn't know my limits or how to gauge a good pace of drinking. That was almost two years ago.
After thinking about it, I decided I not only want to share and laugh about how stupid I was, but leave a permanent reminder to myself that this is why I don't do pretty much everything I did that night.

Since open fires weren't allowed, we cooked on this!

In other news, my body is completely, utterly sore. Yesterday I paired a particularly intense cardio workout with some major ab and back work and I am paying for it today. It's frustrating whenever I step on the scale because our scale tells me I'm gaining weight. It makes sense if I'm gaining muscle mass, but there's a demented part of my mind that's become overly obsessed with what the scale says. I've never obsessed over my weight before, instead concentrating on what I see in the mirror and how I feel. Two months ago, however, I found that I'd reached an all time high in weight and I realized how awful my body felt. Thus the start in working out.
I'm slowly striking down that unhealthy part of my mind and instead of concentrating on the scale I've turned to tape measurements every week, and punching some of them into a body fat calculator once a month. These measurements tell me more than any scale ever could - that my goal of trimming down and toning up is working. I can especially see it in my abs . Yay for definition!
Anyways, if you actually read all this please join me in laughing and scolding myself for last week, and be happy for me working out! Yaaay!

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

When the lovely Julie sent me a box of goodies in January, the box had a lovely smell inside and outside that I'd initially attributed to the perfume sample she'd sent. I could not describe it at all. It smelled like a perfume with something... fruity? Not quite the word, but I instantly fell in love. After a couple days of the box being open, the scent faded away and I feared that the scent I had come to love was just a combination of everything Julie had sent me. The perfume had contributed to this scent, but only slightly. I soon realized that it wasn't the perfume, and started frantically sniffing at every chunk and tart she'd sent to try and figure out what it was I was smelling. Nothing smelled close to the lovely scent I'd gotten, so I eventually gave up. Enter this beauty!! Squeee! Scent Description: I assume the 'smoothie' part of this is marshmallow smoothie. It smells like that. In any case, let me try and explain this. A sweet watermelon mixed with vanilla and just a dash of peppermint. Think a more fruity, 'adult' friendly version of Twisted Peppermint. It's still just as sweet, but in a nice and summery way.Weight Melted: 2.0 oz. Cold Sniff: 3/5 The peppermint had been awfully strong when I'd sniffed this initially, and I didn't pick up on anything related to the box scent that I had been obsessing over for a month and a half at this point.Warm Sniff: 5/5 I was cleaning up a little of the mess left behind after the LAN party when I got hit with a whiff of the nameless scent I had fallen in love with. THIS! This was it!! THIS WAS IT!! Oh my goodness I cannot describe to you how much I loved this scent! This is a perfect example of why you need to melt something before you give a final verdict on whether you like the scent. On cold sniff the peppermint was waay too strong, but melted this baby was all sorts of perfect. I would seriously buy a perfume in this scent. Try me. I'll give you ALL the money!!

Scent Strength: 2/3Scent Throw: 5/5 Everywhere was filled with the bliss that was this scent. Which was good, because I spent a good chunk of the day in the closet putting up clothes.Melting Power: >4/5 I melted this for about 12 hours before I decided to turn off my warmer to preserve the tart. You guys know me. I melt something and move on from it. I never save a tart for later, because I have too many other scents. This was so fantastic I decided to save some of the scent for later! This was still going strong when I'd turned of the warmer, so I'm certain this has another good melt in it.Repurchase: I am seriously contemplating ordering from Rosegirls come April just to get this blend. Either that or buying each of the individual scents in the Mini Melters and creating the scent myself. So the answer would be a very resounding yes. Thank you Julie for this lovely melt. I'm not sure if you could tell, but I very much loved it :)

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

A couple weekends ago Michael hosted a LAN party at our apartment. It made sense, since we still don't have a couch and we had more than enough room to put several tables and have 9 people total playing computer games and getting drunk in one room. I wanted to put something on that wasn't completely in your face but would be strong enough to combat any other stenches that might arise from this situation. Scent Description: I don't know what the 'frosted' part is, but the Summer Breeze is "notes of orange and lemon blossoms with white jasmine and woody amber." I know for a fact that there is cotton candy and lavender in here, and that's almost all I smell. Everything I've found that fits the 'frosted' description doesn't have either of those, though.Weight Melted: 1.8 ozCold Sniff: 2/5 There was a weird pukey undertone when I sniffed this, but I know some things just don't smell well in their cold form so I went ahead and melted it.Warm Sniff: 4/5 I quite enjoyed this. It was a combination of something detergent-y (think Gain) with some lavender and cotton candy.Scent Strength: 2/3 This was quite pleasant! It was strong enough to cover the stench of 7 males sitting in the living room and gentle enough not to make their drunken asses gag LOLScent Throw: 5/5 I smelled this all over the apartment. Score!Melting Power: 5/5 I left this in for the entire first 24 hours Michael's friends were over.Repurchase: Probably not, even though this performed so well. The main thing I smelled here was cotton candy + lavender, and I know it's that because I've been making my own tarts for two years now and my favorite scent to make is Lavender Cotton Candy. I was sitting in the bedroom playing some video games after I put this on and after about five minutes I smelled this and wondered if I had somehow put my own tarts in and convinced myself it was Rosegirls. After the whole chunk melted, all you could really smell was this weird mix that didn't seem to be anywhere in any scent description with anything related to "frosted" "summer" or "breeze." I loved it, but you could only barely smell the 'summer breeze' when you were within 5 feet of the warmer.

Like my 'playing' position? My mom took this picture five or six years ago while I was in high school, and I still will get in that position while playing some games. I'm a weirdo :)
While working on some waxy posts I noticed that last month I had made 23 posts. Holy cow! I have barely missed a day for putting up content! Not just filler content, but actual posts about nail polish or a review on something I melted or a TOMS post where I jibber jabber about my life. This makes me very happy.
I've always had issues with committing to hobbies or general lifestyle changes. Eating healthy is something I say I do but if given the choice or opportunity I reach for that unhealthy cookie over fruit any day. I do eat turkey bacon or ground turkey instead of ground beef, and I make sure there are veggies with most of my meals, but my snacking is what kills me. Working out was another thing. I'd reach a point where I would dislike how my body was and commit to working out for one month, maybe two tops, before I'd fall out of the habit and just accept that my body was never going to get better.
Blogging was another thing. I love blogging, and always have, but I could never commit to a single blog or topic or what have you. Even two years ago when I was in my first real 'groove' I barely posted. Scattered across the internet are various blogs I would start up and make one or two posts on before forgetting all about it.
This post is a homage to the commitment I've made to a lot of things in my life. In taking this time before I get another job to heal myself and just enjoy life, I've found that I have a lot more passion that I'd ever realized for the things that make me happy. Working out is one of those, now that I've gotten to a point where I'm seeing and feeling differences in my body. I remember what it's like to get that adrenaline high again. I start craving that workout, even if I know I'm going to suck at it. I love feeling like I'm doing something with myself as opposed to sitting around all day. It's glorious!
Another is being creative, and that's expressed itself in a lot of ways. I'm enjoying building and decorating houses in a variety of video games, as well as creating jewelry or making soap from scratch. Blogging is another one of those creative outlets. I have a lot of thoughts in my head and blogging about a few of those thoughts has helped, obviously. Just look at how many posts I made!
Now I shall leave this post off with another angle of my 'playing' position.

Monday, March 2, 2015

I've been rather MIA lately as my Mom's been an hour away for work. Naturally, Michael and I basically packed up for a weekend and spent that time over there to bug her endlessly :) The picture is not related to this... this is more 8-and-a-half years ago. I just wanted a picture for this blog post :)
I'm glad Mom took a picture of me on this day, Barbie or Ken day. I remember saying "eff that, I'm gonna be nontraditional and wear my mom's old old old Army Uniform!" Yup. Rebel me. Others used it to wear.... uh... interesting choices of attire. I used it to be an Army dork :)
Anyways, the rules here are to put your music provider (iPod, Zune, Pandora, whatever you use) on shuffle and answer whatever question you're on with the next song that comes up.

How am I feeling today?The Reluctant Heroes - Attack on Titan OST. Oh my, I was hoping all the nerdy OSTs I have wouldn't make their way onto here... Then I realized that video game/anime/movie songs make up 75% of the music I listen to. In any case, this fits me any day!

Will I get far in life?
Part of Me - Katy Perry DJ Dark Intensity Remix. Okay, I'll take it. If you extrapolate the meaning of this, it's a 'ain't nobody gonna hold me down cuz I'm too busy gettin' far in life' type of thing LOL

How do my friends see me?Devourer - A Plea For Purging Oh sweet goodness gracious... the title alone makes me go "NOOO!" I don't even listen to this particular band. Michael likes them.

Where will we vacation next year?Party Pixel - Henry Homesweet. I'm not quite sure what this is trying to tell me. I party too hard, obviously.

What is the story of my life?The Sound of Truth - As I Lay Dying. I be speaking all the truths up in heyah! Weird speaking aside, I guess maybe I'm too truthful? I know I've hurt more than one person with being blunt. I'm sorry, I don't care for people playing games. If you want something, tell me. Don't beat around the bush! Yet another song that Michael likes.

What was high school like?Deb will enjoy this one. I got Britain Positive from the Ultima Online soundtrack. It's quite a lovely track. As for its truthfulness, well I did play UO in high school, and I played it a lot, so I'll take it :)

How can I get ahead in life?
Pictures of You - The Last Goodnight. That's... of who? Pictures of who? I don't quite think I want to use pictures of somebody to get ahead in life LOLWhat is the best thing about me?Silhouettes - Swimming With Dolphins. I finally got a dud with an answer. Nonetheless, I enjoy this song.

How is today going to be?Departed - As I Lay Dying. Oh, no. That's depressing LOL

What's in store this weekend?Crazy Loop - Dan Balan. If I were honest the first thing that came up was an hour long remix by DJ Johnny Blaze, but that has a variety of songs and I don't think it's quite fair for this tag. This one... well, apparently I'm going to party too hard this weekend.

What song describes my parents?California Gurls Know How to Party - Katy Perry DJ Dark Intensity Remix. Um... Well, how do I put this lightly? Wrong. Unless you count before I was born. In which case, very plausible from the little bits they've told me about their before-children lives.

What song describes my sister?
Empty Hearts - As I Lay Dying. NOOO! RACHEL, IT'S NOT TRUE I SWEAR I JUST DID IT FOR A TAG!

What song describes my brother?Extra Simple - The Sims 2 Open For Business Sountrack. Oh my... the title is sooo cruel. Why was this so cruel to my siblings?!

How is my life going?Arrival - Daft Punk Tron Soundtrack. Oh. What am I arriving for? Where am I going? *insert all sorts of philosophical questions about the meaning of this here*

What will they play at my funeral?First Fall of Life - Combatdave . Oh my.

How does the world see me?Illusions - As I Lay Dying. HOW CAN THE WORLD SEE ME IF THEIR EYES AREN'T REAL? Sorry, too far? I apologize, Jaden Smith.

Will I have a happy life?
Witch Doctor - The Cartoons. LMAO I don't know how to take this. But the song itself makes me laugh my absolute butt off, so I'm going to assume I'll have a very happy life.

What should I do with my life?
Tonight - Breakbeat Heartbeat. I'll take it!

What is some good advice for me?It Doesn't Matter - Alison Krauss. Oh my. This song really hits some emotional chords I've refused to touch for eight years. The song itself is very very depressing, especially when I remember that I would play it at night alongside other songs while I cried to myself wondering why I was so broken and unhappy when I had no reason to be. Depressing, yes, but I find that talking about my past openly is part of moving on. If you look at the title only, though, it's very very good advice. I care entirely too much about what others think about me.

How will I be remembered?Simply Hot - The Sims 2 Open For Business Soundtrack. LOL! OH MY GOODNESS. I'm sitting here switching between gigglesnorting and full out laughing as I type this.

What do I think my theme song is?
Everything - Lifehouse. I have to say a lot about this song. I first heard it while watching one of those church skits in high school. My best friend at the time had brought me along to church. I'm going to say now that I am not a religious person. I've tried it and I've looked into all religions, especially when I was dealing with my depression as a young teen. Nothing really sat right with me, and I've since then accepted that maybe it's not for me. That being said, this song and the skit I saw that night was powerful. Even now I love the message it sends.

Quite simply, I love it.

What does everyone else think my theme song is?Rainbow Veins - Owl City. I'll take it. It's a very upbeat song, to me at least LOL

Jeez. This ended up being more emotional than I meant for it to be! Oh well. I still got so many laughs from this my sides hurt.
I can't of anyone who hasn't already done this or been tagged to do it (Psst, Deb, you gotta hop on it! :P) so if you're reading this and haven't done it but want to do it consider yourself tagged!